I was glancing at the specs of the new Powermacs and found the apple statement that these new machines came with exciting new BTO options as rather interesting. I can't see any exciting new options... BT is still the same (ie; not BT 2.0) and then I find that the modem isn't even included as part of the spec. It is now a £18.00+ option to add it. Granted as a modem most won't use it but for faxing I found it to be a useful addition. I realise that you could simply have deducted from the previous Powermac specs but it is a little ironic that you are actually getting less for your money.

Graphics card changes are now even more limited than before, still no mention of the Radeon X800 (at least not on the UK pages).

The RAM prices are funny, apple points out they are now cheaper; indeed adding two 512mb sticks is as cheap as just about anywhere else (if you ignore the fact they are taking away the standard RAM to put the upgrades in) but how is it if 2x 512 modules cost around £60 4x 512 modules can cost over £220!

Otherwise I suspect the changes and pricing are as we all expected (well feared). Lets hope the next Powermac upgrade will offer some technological talking points.

That was really insightful, thank you.
I love to ALWAYS hear complaints no matter WHAT the new specs are. I appreciate starting a new thread about it...I'm sure it was really something that needed to be brought to everyone's attention.

I thought it was a good post and I was very interested to see that, for some reason, Apple decided to stop including modems with their Powermacs. Surely its not a cost issue. Its probably to reduce the heat emissions and to cut back on the noise. Yeah, thats it.

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